UN condemns Daesh attacks in Sirte, urges Libyans to unite against militants

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has strongly condemned attacks in Sirte by Daesh, UN News Center reported on Saturday.

The UN stressed it is “high time” that Libyans agree a unity government to address the country's challenges and “join together to confront the scourge” of the group.

In a statement the UN Mission, known as UNSMIL, deplored the attacks in the coastal city of Sirte, including reports of indiscriminate shelling of residential neighborhoods and the killing of captives the terrorist group has controlled since May.

“At a time when Libyan key political stakeholders gathered in Geneva for a dialogue to resolve the country's crisis and send a strong message of unity, the terrorist group once again struck to impose its reign of terror” said the statement.

“Terrorism is becoming a regional threat, with a reach surpassing national borders and causing so much suffering to the people,” said the Mission, condemning all acts of terrorism, including the recent abduction and murder of a Croatian national in Egypt.